Devil's Bible

If they get involved now, they might have to face a Steel-type priest, a being who can control hive beasts, and a patient with whale disease.

They are merely inexperienced clergy members who have not yet matured. Getting involved in these matters is presumptuous and extremely unwise.

Isabella herself also has the ideal of revitalizing her family. Under such circumstances, is she really going to risk her life for the people of a small village?

This time, Isabella learned how those people she so disliked came to be in the church.

Those people were formed through these choices.

If she chooses to run away with Jacques today, she will instinctively refer to today's example when facing similar situations in the future.

When faced with a situation, they choose to escape.

Then, gradually, they will abandon the church's teachings on disciplining sentient beings and maintaining order, and their inherent kindness, which comes from empathy and emotional resonance with others, will also disappear.

She will gradually become the kind of person she herself despises.

Then one day, an innocent little girl barged into her life, making some 'naive and childish' remarks, her eyes filled with disdain for her.

At that moment, she would feel a pang of pain, and then she would suddenly recall the past, lamenting that her youth was gone, and then either feel regret or become stubborn.

But no matter how you look at it, that appearance must be ugly.

“Jacques, you need to keep an eye on the caravan that is about to leave and secretly plant information about this place within the caravan to ensure that the church in Baiwei Town receives the information.”

The church has some secret communication methods, such as sacred codes that can generally only be understood by clergy.

When a caravan enters a town, it is subject to certain inspections.

Even if these people were smuggling whale skin ore, they would inevitably have some things to cover it up that would be exposed to the inspecting priests and paladins.

The secret message will then be discovered, allowing the church to receive the information.

“Of course, if you leave now, it’s still fine.” Isabella didn’t want to interfere with Jacques’ choice.

"The order from Tailwind Town is very clear: as long as you leave, you will still be a member of the Dartmentley family, still a paladin, and will not be affected by the turmoil here."

"Jacques, I hope you can put aside those emotions and make a serious choice."

"This may be the turning point in our destiny."

“No, I’ll stay and investigate.” Jacques’s gaze hardened. If he left now, he would live in unease for the rest of his life.

After making their decision, the two quickly got to work.

Meanwhile, Nemus was squinting, waiting for Isabella or the old priest to make a move.

He was certain that once the veil covering the strange events in the backfin village was lifted, the matter would be unlikely to be resolved peacefully.

Let Isabella go first to test the old priest's true strength, and then it will be time for me to make my move.

"The most crucial thing now is my own power of faith." Nemus realized that this was something that couldn't be rushed.

“Unless…” Nemus’s thoughts drifted back to the past, before he fell into the abyss, Nemus also had another identity.

At that time, he may have also accumulated some of his own faith power.

However, Nemus was unsure whether he could regain his past human identity.

"And once we touch that thing, it is very likely to attract the attention of the God of Discipline, so we still need to consider it carefully."

Around noon, Naim deliberately gathered with a group of young people and lit a fire.

I made a soup with bones, cured meat, mushrooms, wild vegetables, and the like.

The young people's thinking was not so rigid, and they gathered together to listen to Nemes talk about things in Airfoil City.

The extravagant lifestyle of big cities is something people in these small villages can only dream of.

Many of their fantasies still revolve around people in big cities having an endless supply of cured meat on the emperor's golden hoe.

Nemes only mentioned some things that Nair had seen before, and the young people were already stunned, even stopping the soup they were holding at their lips, as if they were thinking about all the splendor and magnificence.

“Not bad desires…” Nemus slowly collected the desires that were surging in these people.

This is one of the main materials for summoning demons.

If one is an ordinary person and has no way to collect desires, then the only option is blood sacrifice.

At the moment of killing the opponent, stir up their soul emotions to attract demons.

But Nemes couldn't afford to use such a wasteful method.

A person can be used in many ways; simply sacrificing them will only waste most of what is useful.

As long as you understand the rules, summoning demons is definitely the most cost-effective option.

The demons in the abyss are rampant, and most of them want to come to the material plane to taste fresh flesh and souls.

A lesser demon needs to hunt down at least several hundred of its own kind in order to ascend to higher realms using their flesh and souls.

But humans might only need half the number to do it.

And most importantly, humans have very weak resistance.

Hunting one's own kind is like a wild animal hunting a creature of similar size in the wild; if one is not careful, one will get injured, and then become prey for others because of the injury.

This kind of trouble doesn't exist in the material plane.

Furthermore, because they were summoned, they have the option to retreat to the abyss if they encounter danger in the material plane.

Of course, these days, if you don't know the ropes, summoning demons can become quite troublesome.

Those wizards liked to summon demons to use as magical materials, which ruined the market.

Wizards have a strong learning ability. Early wizards were just underlings following the demons. As they gradually broke free from the demons' influence, they began to modify the demon summoning techniques.

After all, demons are born extraordinary beings, and even a single drop of their blood is considered extraordinary material.

Thus, a group of wizards emerged who used various methods to lure some demons who were not quite clear-headed to the material plane. They then used contracts, magic circles, and other means to cut off the demons' escape routes and then used them as breeding materials.

Since then, the demons of the abyss have become increasingly vigilant, and each time they are summoned, they need to test the energy response from the outside world.

If the wizard's energy fluctuations are detected, the summoning is very likely to fail.

Fortunately, as a member of the demons, Nemus naturally knew how to summon demons efficiently.

Having made all these preparations, Nems now had another trump card up his sleeve.

But at that moment, Nems heard a loud noise coming from not far away.

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“That’s…a church?” Nems was slightly taken aback, then realized the direction from which the sound came.

Then Nems looked up and glanced at the other people around him.

The village keeper, Poole, and Downs exchanged glances to signal them to get ready, and Nemes rushed toward the church.

The villagers who had come to search with them were also stunned at this moment. Should they follow the commotion?

Nems was incredibly fast; despite it being a mountain road in the wilderness, he quickly traversed it, and the church soon came into view.

The situation at the church surprised Nemus slightly; things were somewhat beyond his expectations.

Although he had sent Isabella out to test the waters, he hadn't expected to find out about this thing.

The church had already collapsed most of the way, and a humanoid creature called "Big Black," covered in black fur, was lying on all fours on the side, its scarlet eyes fixed on Isabella on the other side.

This large black creature is about five meters tall, and its black fur bears a strong resemblance to that of a nest beast.

However, its black fur is much longer, and this fluffy fur makes it appear even larger.

"Sure enough, everything was going on under the old pastor's influence." Nemus thought for a moment and then understood.

When Op came to give Naim the house and let him move out, it was most likely the old pastor who pushed for it.

The church had actually been converted by the old pastor, and there was an experimental base of the old pastor in the church's base.

Otherwise, the elderly pastor, who was unable to move around easily, would have nowhere else to hide if he stayed in the church all day.

That's why the old pastor tried to get Nair to move out.

They also generously ignored Naim's rule-breaking behavior.

Isabella had clearly thought of this as well, and she had an additional piece of information than Nemes: the old priest was still conducting bloodline experiments. So, after confirming that the old priest was problematic, she went to the church to investigate.

Just now was a good opportunity. When she returned, she intended to go to Nemes first, but she learned from the villagers that the old pastor had left the church, which was unusual for him.

She had lived there for about ten days and had a general understanding of the old pastor's daily routine. Knowing that such a situation was rare, she immediately went into the church to search for him.

They quickly found the entrance to the basement in the confessional, and upon opening the entrance, they discovered the large black creature.

Upon smelling the scent of a stranger, the giant black beast went berserk, and the restraints on its body were instantly torn off.

If Isabella hadn't run fast, she probably would have been caught by the big black creature and swallowed whole.

Isabella then used her faith in the church to cast a divine spell, but she still couldn't subdue the giant black creature.

Despite possessing a strong aura of evil, he has a high resistance to divine magic.

Isabella had to use all sorts of divine magic on herself to enhance her mobility and defense in order to dodge until now.

“Huge size, divine resistance, this thing is not a Blackstone species, but a malnourished Steel species!” Nemus revealed the true nature of the Great Black in one breath.

As he lifted the sacred sword and gripped it tightly with both hands, the sacred characters lit up one by one. Nemus felt a surge of power coursing through his body, which invigorated his spirit.

This is the sword's 'motivational' effect, which can boost morale and thereby unleash a person's physical potential.

Without any fear, Nemus charged toward the monster.

The danger it posed forced Big Black to temporarily set aside his 'desire' for Isabella. Although he was enormous, he was not slow in his movements.

With a jerk of its body, it leaped into the air, its arms raised, and sharp claws, hidden in its black fur, popped out.

The claw light shone the next moment.

Several enormous beams of black light, as if about to tear the earth apart, pressed down on Nemus from above.

He raised his sword and slashed upwards, the blade colliding with his claws, sparks flying everywhere.

Nemes' raised arm involuntarily bent downwards.

Using this pressure, Nemus retreated, turned and swung his sword, which collided with Big Black's other claw that was swinging out.

His feet dragged on the ground, and Nemes slid back a few meters before regaining his balance.

"This thing's stats are around eighteen," Nemus concluded, and as predicted, it was an underdeveloped Steel-type.

"Support me!" Nemus shouted, then charged towards Big Black.

The blade sliced ​​across the ground, then slashed upwards at an angle!

Faced with the attack, Big Black simply raised his arm, and the numerous black hairs on his arm wriggled and wove together, wrapping around Nemus's blade layer by layer.

The intention was to limit Nemus's weapons.

The black fur wriggled before Nems' eyes, finally revealing its true nature—blood vessels.

He turned and spun around, the blade slicing through the black fur, and white light fell upon Nemus.

The divine spell, Protection, has already been cast.

This slowed down the black giant's waving claws, allowing Nemus's spinning slash to catch up in time, collide with the claws, and successfully stop it.

"Sure enough, one of the old pastor's research findings was the Nest Beast." The Nest Beast's black fur was its embryo.

To provide these embryos with nutrients, the black fur is directly connected to the blood vessels of the nest beast.

The large black creature before us had its black fur completely de-embryonic and integrated with its blood vessels.

"The Nest Beast disaster eight years ago was not entirely an accident."

"It was because the old pastor's research on the Nest Beasts reached its final stage and encountered a problem, which led to the leak of the Nest Beasts."

“Op was also parasitized by the hive beast during that time, and he was probably bribed by the old priest around that time.”

"So, what is the purpose of this big black beast in front of us?" Nemus retreated, dodging another attack from the nest beast, then slightly raised his hand, rubbed his palm together, and the longsword in his hand began to spin.

Secret Sword: Whirlwind Swallow!

It was clearly a long and wide knight's sword, but at this moment, as the sword spun, it transformed into a white line.

Then the white line shot out and collided with the claws that attacked again.